Suge Knight says he was “coerced” into an “unlawful” 28-year prison sentence for killing a man with his truck in a Tam’s Burgers parking lot nearly a decade ago – and now he’s asking a California judge to postpone his fast-approaching November retrial over the wrongful death civil lawsuit brought by the victim’s widow and daughters.
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In a new emergency motion, Knight’s longtime lawyer, David Kenner, says the Death Row Records founder is actively fighting the legality of his criminal plea deal and sentencing – wherein he pleaded “no contest” to a manslaughter charge reduced from a murder charge – and has an important hearing on the challenge set for Oct. 30. Kenner says he also plans to file a motion seeking to exclude the plea deal at the upcoming retrial of the wrongful death case that first went before a jury in 2022 but suffered a mistrial . Kenner further claims he and Knight have “not been allowed” any in-person visits at Knight’s state prison in San Diego to prepare for the planned Nov. 12 retrial…